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Michael Brennan

@michaelbrennan.bsky.social

Supporting people and organizations building a more equitable internet. Views expressed are my own. Philadelphia.

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Apply for funding β€” Spyware Accountability Initiative

Funding opportunity! The Spyware Accountability Initiative is giving grants to civil society orgs fighting spyware abuse. Learn more + apply by June 13th at stopspyware.fund/apply #SpywareAccountability #Funding

06.05.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A critical read to understand recent news on AI. The TLDR, it’s not necessary to mortgage the future of the planet to accomplish the promise of AI.

27.01.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"This is unconstitutional," I scream as the facial recognition equipped robot dogs drag me to my cell.

"This goes against everything America stands for!" I shout, as the algorithmic sentencing machine condemns me to death.

"This is not who we are!" I remind the firing squad of child soldiers

21.01.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3269    πŸ” 563    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 28

Where is the money being used to buy Israeli spyware company Paragon coming from? American teachers/police/firefighters retirement funds.

01.01.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Apple sends spyware victims to this nonprofit security lab | TechCrunch Cybersecurity experts, who work with human rights defenders and journalists, agree that Apple is doing the right thing by sending notifications to victims of mercenary spyware β€” and at the same time r...

#Apple's notifications to spyware victims have been a game changer. There are plenty of good reasons to criticize Apple, but this is not one of them

techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/w...

20.12.2024 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Open Positions | Sovereign Tech Agency The Sovereign Tech Agency is a new organization doing pioneering work in a ground-breaking field with an ambitious mission that has real societal impact.…

JOBS IN FUNDING OPEN SOURCE: @sovereign.tech is hiring for a bunch of positions including cybersecurity program lead, program managers, technologists, and administration. This is an amazing team funding open source projects with millions of dollars each year. Office (Berlin) and remote options.

19.12.2024 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

we are not paying enough attention to commercially available phone-cracking and spyware being sold to any government who will buy it

16.12.2024 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 270    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
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Upturn Seeks a Research Associate This position is ideal for someone who is excited about sharp, interdisciplinary research on a range of topics related to technology, policy, and justice.

JOB ALERT: Great position for someone looking to start a career at the intersection of technology, rights & justice! DC-based. Plus you get to work with @harlanyu.bsky.social - www.upturn.org/join/researc...

13.12.2024 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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6 hours under martial law in Seoul On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building

This report by @sarahjeong.bsky.social totally transported me to Seoul last night. It's one of those pieces that makes you feel like you now have a foothold of understanding to someplace new and unfamiliar. It's so good, and so funny.

04.12.2024 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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W3C web accessibility work boosted by Ford Foundation core funding This press release announces our first grant since W3C's newly registered entity as a US public-interest non-profit organization. W3C is the recipient of a major grant from the Ford Foundation toward ...

Being able-bodied is temporary for all of us. Let's build a web that is accessible to all - it serves us all. Proud to support the Web Accessibility Initiative with this grant.
www.w3.org/press-releas...

27.11.2024 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

West Ham family .... digital rights matter! We're a broad church afterall, so give this geezer a follow πŸ˜€

Oh and @michaelbrennan1.bsky.social too if you've got the time πŸ˜‰

25.11.2024 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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25.11.2024 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alright I’ll defer football questions to you, you send tech questions to me!

25.11.2024 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Found out via clearsky.app that I'm on a bunch of West Ham starter packs which explains a bunch of my followers. I hope you all like digital rights as much as you like football because I don't know shit about soccer!

25.11.2024 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

brb sending this tweet to every reviewer who said my papers on how security tech failed at-risk communities were not "computer science enough"

22.11.2024 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit.

Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention.

Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"

22.11.2024 04:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8129    πŸ” 1255    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 67

ESPRIT DE CORPS - Kim Kitsuragi is a nice guy. Wish he was here right now.

21.11.2024 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

"Discover" is my default tab and I'm not ashamed of it!

20.11.2024 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity Experts expect Donald Trump’s next administration to relax cybersecurity rules on businesses, abandon concerns around human rights, and take an aggressive stance against the cyber armies of US adversa...

"There’s a high probability that we see big rollbacks on spyware policy," says @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social - A somber read. Still, I have hope for global progress on spyware in absence of US leadership.

18.11.2024 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nine photos from the instagram feed of @robotcaptain featuring mostly outdoor landscapes

Nine photos from the instagram feed of @robotcaptain featuring mostly outdoor landscapes

Great idea! @robotcaptain:

01.07.2024 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Note from Our Executive Director: 2023 and my personal quest for software freedom Just when I think that I've really grokked the implications of the technology I have woven into my life, I find that life throws completely new challenges my way that make me realize the extent of the...

"Proprietary software, installed in my body, led me to no choice but to accept medical treatment that I didn't even need." - a powerful story of just how personal open source can be sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/de...

03.01.2024 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call For Applications: Green Web Fellowship - The Green Web Foundation Work on climate justice and digital rightsβ€”apply to be a Green Web Fellow today! ⚑

Climate Justice & Digital Rights Fellowship Opportunity! Apply to be a Green Web Foundation fellow (paid, 6 months) and help build bridges across these critical global movements www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/fellowships/...

05.10.2023 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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